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In Collier County, researchers have been keeping track of Burmese pythons under an ongoing study over their cryptic habits. During a time period of just three months, they have bagged over 2,000 pounds of snakes.

They have bagged many snakes with a monster among them that is 16 feet long and has a weight of 140 pounds, which as per researchers has set a new state record for the biggest male caught.

For the project, Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologist Ian Bartoszek collaborated with Denison University biologist Paul Andreadis, the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the United States Geological Survey. The biologist Bartoszek called it kind of jaw-dropping discovery.

As part of a new proposal, Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, which includes the prominent detention center, may get transformed into a marine conservation area and an international peace park. The transformation would be undertaken once the inmates vacate the place.

The proposal has appeared in the journal Science on Thursday. It is considering the fate of the base keeping in mind the recent thaw in Cuba and the United States relations and the impending historic visit of President Obama.

In a telephone interview with The Christian Science Monitor, co-author Joe Roman, a conservation biologist at the University of Vermont said that the US embassy in Cuba is now open, and thus more business and tourists will come, placing more pressure on coastal systems.

Seismologist Lucy Jones, who was the face of earthquake science and safety in Southern California for a long time, will shortly retire from the US Geological Survey.

On Friday, in a Twitter post, Jones shared that though she is leaving federal service but will stay there at the California Institute of Technology, where she is serving as a research associate.

Since long, it was Jones to whom the public looked up to at the time of earth shakes. She was always there in front of news cameras at the Caltech seismology lab, explaining magnitudes, errors and other information.

On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, shared a photo of himself running in front of Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square. Zuckerberg is in China for a business event.

Facebook CEO wrote that it’s superb to revisit Beijing. He started his visit with a run across the Tiananmen Square, crossing by the Forbidden City, to the Temple of Heaven. Previously in 2016, Zuckerberg promised to run 365 miles this year, and invited people to join him.

Yesterday, the United Nations recruited Red, the leader of the ‘Angry Birds’ mobile game characters, as a representative for inspiring climate steps in the direction of a sustainable and happier future for everyone.

Red has been appointed the Honorary Ambassador for Green. The move is part of a UN campaign launched yesterday in collaboration with the worldwide renowned characters to make a direct association between dealing with climate change and happiness and well being of people on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness, which will be observed on March 20.

As per a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, hyenas and wolves in the Negev Desert have teamed up in their mission survival. The findings have strengthened the notion that humans aren’t the only group that can set aside their rivalries when they face a common threat.

In Israel’s Negev Desert, striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena) and gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been facing circumstances wherein they are seeking food in the deserted landscape. Both the carnivorous species can kill huge animals, including dogs, and they are hardly ever seen together. In fact, hyenas sometimes get into fights with lions when they are in a group. At times, they have managed to grab food from lions, leopards and other big cats.